Handle for cooking vessels.



J. B. J. FOURNIER.

HANDLE FOR COOKING VESSELS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15. 1914.

Patented June 22, 1915. 1

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Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Application filed January 15, 1914. Serial No. 812,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. JEssE Form- NIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oquossoc, in the county of Franklin and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles forCooking Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to handles for vessels and is.more particularlyadapted to handles for use in connection with cooking utensils, and hasforone of its objects the provision of a handle which will not becomeheated, thus obviating the danger of burning the hands of the user.

' A further object of this invention is the production of a readilyattachable and detachable handle for cooking utensils, eflicient inpurpose, simple in structure and cheap in manufacture. V

A still further object of this invention is i the provision of means forretaining the handle in its attached relation to the cooking utensil'ina manner for preventing the objectionable features of structures of thischaracter such as wabbling from insecure connections. And a stillfurther object of this invention resides in the provision of means foreliminating the danger of the handles for cooking utensils and the lidstherefor from becoming overheated.

With these and other objects which will more fully appear and the natureof the invention more clearly understood by the con* struction,arrangement and combination of the parts thereof as described in thefollowing specification, defined in the appendedclaims andillustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cook-' ing utensil showing thehandles constituting my invention and in attached position there- 'on.Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the upper part of the handletaken on line 22 of Fig. 1 showing the mounting of the retaining springtherein and the engagement of one'of the claws of the handle with thestaple upon the cooking utensil.

ll desire to here state that for the sake of convenience andillustration, Ihave shown my invention as applied to a coflee pot, butthe same is equally adapted for use upon pots, kettles and other cookingutensils, as

. tending base 5 which base is secured upon the central portion of thelid 3 by means of rivets or othersuitable fastening'means 6, the stem 1is further provided with the laterally extending knob retaining plate 7arranged above the plane ofthe base 5, the plate 7 being provided withthe upwardly turned retaining flanges 8, 8 for engaging the sides ofthebase portion of the knob 9 which is seated between the flangesS, 8 andupon the plate 7 and otherwise secured therein in any suitable manner.

Mounted upon the pot 1 at the side diametrically opposite the spout 2and arranged in vertical alinement with each other is the staple 10adjacent the upper edge of the body .1 and below which and spacedtherefrom is a lu 11, and positioned below the lug 11 and aso spacedtherefrom is a retaining pin 12. Adapted for engaging the staple 10, thelug 11 and the pin 12 is the handle 13, which handle is provided withthe laterally extending upper arm 14 and the lower lateral arm .15corresponding and parallel with the-arm; 14, the extremity of the arm14: being flattened and upwardly turned and formed to provide the outerclaws 16 and the central claw 17, the outer claws 16 adapted to impingethe exterior side of the staple 10 and the central claw 17 being adaptedto pass upwardly throu h the staple 10, the flattened portion of t ePatented June 22, 1915.

designed to pass at each side of the retaining pin 12 and under the headthereof for securing the arm 15 to the pot 1. Formed within theflattened portion of the arm 14 is the recess 19 into which andadaptedtobe securely seated and retained therein by the screw or other means 20is the spring latch 21, the free end of which is designed for engagingthe upper horizontal wall of the lug l1, and arranged upon one side ofthe spring latch 21 and adjacent the free end thereof is the knob 22provided for operating the spring latch 21 for removing.

'free end of the spring latch 21 from the horizontal wall of the lug 11,and in this position the handle is pressed downwardly for causing theclaws 16 and 17 of the arm 14 and the claws 18 of the arm 15 to becomedisengaged from the staple 10 and the retaining pin 12 respectively.Should it be desired to attach the handle 13 to the pot 1 the operationis somewhat the reversal of the former operation as the claws 16 and 17and the claws 18, 18 are positioned slightly below the staple 10 and thepin 12 with the spring latch 21 bearing upon the inclined face of thelug v11, whereupon, by a slight inward pressure and upward movement ofthehandle 13, the claws 16 and 17 engage the staple 10, the claws- 18engage the pin 12, and the free end of the spring latch 21 will passinto engagement with the horizontal wall of the lug 11, the handle '13being thus placed in its secured attached position upon the potgl orother vessel to which the same may be -applied.

While I have here shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I hereby reserve the right to make such alterations andvariations therein as I may deem expedient from time to time and whichwill not depart from the spirit of this invention or conflict with thescope of the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A vessel having aretaining pin with an enlarged head projecting from the wall of thevessel, a staple vertically disposed above said lug and having parallelsides and a central aperture, a lug having an upper horizontal surfaceprojecting from said vessel between said pin and staple, a handle havingtwo parallel arm members horizontally disposed, each having angularprojections rising vertically, each projection having a plurality ofattaching claws to engage said pin and staple to attach said handle tosaid vessel, and a depending leaf spring latching member fastened to theend of the upper horizontal arm and adapted to seat upon the horizontalsurface of the lug to retain said handle upward in attached position tosaid vessel.

2. A vessel having a lug with a horizontal upper surface projecting fromsaid vessel, a spring-like vertically disposed latching member seatedupon and supported by said latch device, a staple above and a lug belowsaid latch device, a handle having two upturned ends with claws thereonadapted to be pushed upward into engagement with said pin and staple,said claws attaching said handle to said vessel, and fastening meansconnecting said handle to the upper end of said lug, said lug therebysupporting said handle in upward position.

3. A vessel having a horizontal retaining pin and a horizontal staplevertically disposed to each other, projecting from the wall of saidvessel, a handle engaged with said pin and staple, said engagingoperation being derived from a vertical upward movement of said handle,a lug having an upper horizontal surface projecting from the wall ofsaid vessel between said pin and staple, and a flexible leaf springsupporting device fastened at its upper end to the upper portion of saidhandle and ada ted to slide" over and rest upon. said horizontal surfaceof said lug to support said handle inits engagement with said pin andstaple.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Q J GEN B. JESSE FOURNIER.

